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tollu:
Officially signing in as a member of this thread and casting off my monitoring spirit cape.

Thanks to Zandora who started the thread and everyone who has been contributing so far, (we'll miss you Dupsyshoo!) I have no questions at this time. You guys have been amazing.

IELTS results came in today and I'm super excited!
Listening: 8.5
Reading: 9.0
Writing: 7.5
Speaking: 7.5

Waiting for UNILAG to gimme my certificate o, still not ready and I'm using IQAS for the evaluation so I must provide a copy.
Anyways, proceeded with the transcript request. I believe all things will fall into place in God's own time.

Just wanted to check in. Will try to be more regular.

Beem4cupid:
I got ITA in Jan but yet to submit

merrymum:
I am surprised about this statement that GTB doesn't give the letter to CIC spec. I worked with GTB for almost a year and I have gotten a reference letter from HR headquarters with every single detail requested by CIC included in the letter. Who did you contact for the letter?

I kinda agree it was NOC mismatch that caused this. I am using NOC 0122 in my application as I was also an Executive Trainee in ABG (Marketing).

Sha, like I always say, I trust God fully, and I try to be careful. My faith carry heavy weight so I'm not scared by this.

Beem4cupid:
It is best to also get the cover letter from Hr,the type they often write when we want to apply for tourist visas. They MAY confirm that from Hr and also confirm from the supervisor too.
I have seen a first hand case where a junior colleague impersonated her supervisor's signature and when IRCC sent a confirmation mail, her supervisor was surprised and it took lots of begging before her supervisor replied the mail. Let us all refrain from impersonating. If you have good work relationship, getting reference letter from supervisor won't be difficult, worse case,it will be written on a plain paper which can be notarized.

40manlappy:
So the thing is Gtbank gives only a letter of introduction as If you are going to the Embassy. They state that you are an assistant banking officer that joined the bank in maybe August 2013. They do not state your job description or your job title which was the problem. So do you think using the introduction letter along with an LOE will suffice? And in the LOE one could state that the bank does not give a letter of introduction or reference as expected from CIC. Also is it okay to please ask the Gtbank person you know what letter they used.

Thank you







I was initially speechless just like @dannio but then, I am aware of a GTB staff that has successfully relocated to Canada.

IMO, you don't have to be "extremely bothered". This incident should be an eye opener to the rest of us, especially those working in the financial services industry.

Like @seedgie observed, it could be a case of NOC mismatch plus apparent submission of letters that did not originate from GTB's HR. Note head office's reply;

"please note that the letters were not signed in line with the Bank’s mandate and as such we are unable to confirm same”.

This made the visa officer to conclude that the letter was fraudulent.

This shows that they do confirm, at least, some of the supporting documents post-ITA. We must try to be as honest and transparent as much as possible to avoid a whopping 5 year ban.

If a letter/document is not obtainable, we can get alternative documents to support our claims and do a LOE.

cc: dupyshoo

ugoiyke79e2:
Thank you for this post......it has helped me.

blaizetony:
Hello house. I have been a silent follower of this thread. I wrote my first IELTS General exams around Oct and got : L 7.5, R 6.5 W 6.5 & S 7.5. (I didnt practise so much)

This result was really depressing but i, my colleague and friends decided to give it another try and we wrote the Dec 3rd's exam. I got L 9, R 8, W 7.5 & S 7.5. (Practised hard for 1month)

When i checked my CRS score, it came out to 481 lol .

I am yet to create a profile for the pool (no ECA yet) cos i never really took this Canada EE seriously.

I just quickly applied to my post graduate Uni (Sunderland) to send my transcript to IQAS.

I urge people taking IELTS to use Youtube videos for their listening practices, then use IELTS Liz for the rest, especially for the reading tips. IELTS 68k is not beans with this recession!!!

Wish you all goodluck and the best!!!

yungscribe:
Hello house, I just use the CRS tool and I scored 424. My question is how can I increase this score? I am 32, single with only a BSc.
Thanks

boldinc:
The best advice i think it to study extremely well and re-write IELTS... It would really help. Ditch your agent f possible... You do not need one.

britiko:
You can also follow this thread
https://www.nairaland.com/2426588/preparing-ielts-get-here
U might get more info and study pack

britiko:
Exactly my thoughts.

Chinnie4Jesus:
. I would suggest that you try IELTS one more time and give it your best this time. Your age is good, work experience is perfect, with the right scores in IELTS, you are good to go. You could also be looking out for provinces, e.g. Ontario, Sask. I'm sure others will chip in too. All the best ..